Title: France Supports ECOWAS Decisions on Niger

France expressed today, Friday, its "full support for all the decisions adopted by the summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding Niger, including the deployment of the organization's stand-by force to restore constitutional order." Paris reiterated its "strong condemnation of the ongoing coup attempt in Niger, as well as the detention of President Mohamed Bazoum and his family," while the Economic Community of West African States did not specify a timeline or the number of soldiers that would make up this stand-by force during its summit in Abuja, emphasizing that it still hopes to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis.